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The ONS said the numbers are based on where Covid-19 is mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, including in combination with other health conditions.

There has been another rise in the weekly number of registered deaths involving Covid-19 occurring in care homes in England and Wales, the ONS figures show.

The total for the week ending April 24 was 2,794, up from 2,050 in the week ending April 17 - an increase of 36%.

The number of registered deaths involving Covid-19 occurring in hospitals fell from 6,107 in the week ending April 17 to 4,841 in the week ending April 24 - a decrease of 21%.

The Department of Health's latest death toll for all settings was 28,734 as of 5pm on Sunday after a daily rise of 288 fatalities, but there is a lag in confirming and reporting coronavirus-linked fatalities.

It said the number of confirmed cases has increased by 3,985 to 190,584 as of 9am on Monday.

The figures were announced amid concerns over the Government's coronavirus contact-tracing app, its plans to ease lockdown restrictions and PPE shortages that are causing "really high" levels of stress for care workers.

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He told BBC Breakfast: "I think every homecare provider in the country is really struggling to get a sure supply of PPE, and having enough to be confident that they can continue providing care services across, sometimes even days, if not just a few weeks.

"And it's a real stress. I have a provider who was telling me he was spending 90% of his time trying to phone round and get PPE delivered.

"That means he's looking for PPE rather than being able to run the rest of his service.

"And that's a huge problem, and the levels of stress it's creating both for providers delivering care and their frontline care workers is really high."

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he believed that, as lockdown is eased, it is "inevitable" masks will be needed where people cannot socially distance, such as on public transport.

He told BBC Breakfast he will be raising the issue with the Prime Minister on Wednesday.

He said: "Where does he see this? I think it's inevitable. What's his view on it?

"And then crucially the planning around it, because what I don't want is a position where protective equipment, face masks that are needed on the font line aren't on the front line because there's supply problems."

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there is "high privacy" in the coronavirus contact-tracing app.

He said a user's phone will store anonymously the information about all the phones it has been within two metres of for more than 15 minutes in the previous few days.

He said one of the aspects being tested in the trial on the Isle of Wight is whether the best thing is for someone who gets a message saying they have been in contact with someone with symptoms should self-isolate "in case you develop the symptoms".

He told BBC Breakfast: "This is one of the reasons that we want to test it to ensure that we get the rules right around what we advise people to do as soon as the contact tracing pings you."